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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO<br/>
<span class=large>ST MATTHEW</span>
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CHAPTER 4
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Jesus fasts forty days and is tempted—He begins his ministry, calls disciples, and heals the sick.
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Then</span> was Jesus <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Guidance, Divine.">led</a> up of the Spirit into the wilderness <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/1b" mark="b" type="H" title="JST Matt. 4: 1  . . .  to be with God.">to</a> be <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/4/1c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Temptation of; TG Temptation; TG Test, Try, Prove.">tempted</a> of the devil.
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And when he had <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/2a" mark="a" type="C" title="Mosiah 3: 7; TG Fasting.">fasted</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 24: 18.">forty</a> days and forty nights, <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/4/2c" mark="c" type="H" title="JST Matt. 4: 2  . . .  and had communed with God, he was afterwards an hungered, and was left to be tempted of the devil,.">he</a> was afterward an hungred.
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And when the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Devil.">tempter</a> came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/3b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Bread.">bread</a>.
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But he answered and said, It is written, <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 8: 3; D&C 84: 44 (43-44).">Man</a> shall not <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/4b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Mortality.">live</a> by <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/4/4c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Bread.">bread</a> alone, but by every <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/4/4d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Revelation.">word</a> that proceedeth out of the <sup>e</sup><a href="matt/4/4e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG God, Body of - Corporeal Nature.">mouth</a> of God.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/5a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 4: 5 Then Jesus was taken up into the holy city, and the Spirit setteth him on the pinnacle of the temple.">Then</a> the devil taketh him up into the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Neh. 11: 1.">holy</a> city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
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<sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/6a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 4: 6 Then the devil came unto him and said, If  . . .">And</a> saith unto him, <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Matt. 27: 40; D&C 20: 22.">If</a> thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in <i>their</i> hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/7a" mark="a" type="C" title="D&C 10: 29; D&C 24: 13 (13-14); TG Jesus Christ, Temptation of; TG Test, Try, Prove.">tempt</a> the Lord thy God.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/8a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 4: 8 And again, Jesus was in the Spirit, and it taketh him  . . .">Again</a>, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/8b" mark="b" type="C" title="D&C 10: 19; TG Kings, Earthly.">kingdoms</a> of the world, and the glory of them;
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<sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/9a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 4: 9 And the devil came unto him again, and said, All  . . .">And</a> saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
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Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Devil.">Satan</a>: for it is written, Thou shalt <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Worship.">worship</a> the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
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Then the devil leaveth him, <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/11a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 4: 11  . . .  and now Jesus knew that John was cast into prison, and he sent angels, and, behold, they came and ministered unto him (John)  . . .  (Acc. to JST MS. 1, p. 7.).">and</a>, behold, <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/11b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Angels.">angels</a> came and ministered unto him.
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&#182; Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 4: 14.">Galilee</a>;
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And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
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That it might be <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 24: 14.">fulfilled</a> which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
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The land of <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 9: 1 (1-2).">Zabulon</a>, and the land of Nephthalim, <i>by</i> the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
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The people which sat in <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 57: 10.">darkness</a> saw great <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/16b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Light of the World; TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about.">light</a>; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
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&#182; From that time Jesus began to <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Preaching.">preach</a>, and to say, <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/17b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Repentance.">Repent</a>: for the <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/4/17c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Kingdom of God, in Heaven.">kingdom</a> of heaven <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/4/17d" mark="d" type="Q" title="GR has come; Isa. 56: 1; Matt. 3: 2.">is</a> at hand.
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&#182; And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Skills.">fishers</a>.
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And he saith unto them, <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/19a" mark="a" type="J" title="JST Matt. 4: 18  . . .  I am he of whom it is written by the prophets; follow me  . . .; TG Jesus Christ, Exemplar.">Follow</a> me, and I will make you <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/19b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Apostles; TG Missionary Work.">fishers</a> of men.
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And they straightway left <i>their</i> nets, and <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Commitment.">followed</a> him.
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And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James <i>the son</i> of <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="John 21: 2.">Zebedee</a>, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/21b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Called of God.">called</a> them.
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And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
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&#182; And Jesus went about all <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 4: 44.">Galilee</a>, <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/23b" mark="b" type="A" title="Matt. 9: 35.">teaching</a> in their synagogues, and <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/4/23c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 71: 1.">preaching</a> the gospel of the kingdom, and <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/4/23d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Healing; TG Miracles.">healing</a> all manner of <sup>e</sup><a href="matt/4/23e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Sickness.">sickness</a> and all manner of disease among the <sup>f</sup><a href="matt/4/23f" mark="f" type="H" title="JST Matt. 4: 22  . . .  which believed on his name.">people</a>.
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And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/4/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 8: 16 (16, 28, 33); Matt. 9: 32 (32-34).">devils</a>, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/4/24b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR paralysis.">palsy</a>; and he <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/4/24c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 3: 5 (5-6).">healed</a> them.
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And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and <i>from</i> Decapolis, and <i>from</i> Jerusalem, and <i>from</i> Judaea, and <i>from</i> beyond Jordan.
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